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A trial looking at radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy for people with bladder cancer (BC2001)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bladder cancer, Transitional cell cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared radiotherapy and chemotherapy with radiotherapy alone for bladder cancer. And looked at different ways of giving radiotherapy.

It was for cancer that had grown into the muscle layer of the bladder (invasive bladder cancer), but had not spread to another part of the body. It was supported by Cancer Research UK.

The trial was open for people to join between 2001 and 2008 and the team first published results in 2009. They published further results in 2021.

Recruitment start: 3 August 2001

Recruitment end: 30 April 2008

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Nick James Professor Robert Huddart

Supported by

Birmingham University

Cancer Research UK

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/01/004.

Last reviewed: 29 January 2021

CRUK internal database number: 16

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